αἶψα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

αἶψ’ (aîps’) — apocopic
αἶπσα (aîpsa) — Aeolic
ἦψα (êpsa) — Boeotian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /âi̯p.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈep.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈep.sa/

Adverb

αἶψα • (aîpsa)

quickly, all of a sudden

Related terms

αἰψηροκέλευθος (aipsērokéleuthos, “swift”) (of the wind Boreas)
αἰψηρός (aipsērós, “speedy”)
λαιψηροδρόμος (laipsērodrómos, “swift-running”)
λαιψηρός (laipsērós, “swift”)

References

“αἶψα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press